News & Stories for Oregonians
To read this story in Spanish, click here. If you can still get COVID-19 after vaccination, what’s the point of getting vaccinated? This is a common question, and it has a simple answer. Like most preventive measures, the COVID-19 vaccines can’t provide absolute protection. However, these vaccines clearly reduce the risk of getting infected, and […]
The initial Omicron surge has receded significantly. More people have some level of protection against COVID-19, from vaccination or following recovery from a recent infection, than at any time in the past two years. But the pandemic has not ended, and it‘s difficult to predict how COVID-19 will affect our lives in the future. But […]
Infants are 61% less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 during their first six months of life when their mother had been vaccinated with an mRNA primary vaccine series during pregnancy, according to a study conducted in pediatric hospitals across the country.* Scientists had previously suspected that COVID-19 antibodies from mothers vaccinated during pregnancy would […]
Para muchas personas que viajan hacia y desde los Estados Unidos, ya sean trabajadores migrantes de temporada o viajeros de negocios, ingresar al país no es tan sencillo como lo era antes de la pandemia por COVID-19. El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés), dio a conocer los requisitos de vacunación […]
This was updated on 2/7/2022, clarifying advice to seek medical attention if you have a fever of 102 or higher. The last couple of years has brought a near-constant stream of stress, worry and loss for so many of us. Those feelings are often worsened by the helplessness and lack of control we feel. While […]
Sin importar qué tan informados estemos sobre los beneficios que tienen las vacunas para nuestros hijos y por qué deberíamos aplicarles la vacuna pediátrica contra el COVID-19, nunca es fácil verlos sufrir y es estresante como padres no saber cómo ayudarles. Aunado[1] al estrés de las noticias de la pandemia, más el miedo a las […]
Christine Palmer, nativa de Oregon, contrajo COVID-19 en marzo de 2020. No fue hasta julio de 2021 que le diagnosticaron COVID-19 prolongado. En estos días, incluso hablar por teléfono la agota. Antes de marzo de 2020, Christine Palmer se habría descrito a sí misma como “una de esas mamás que ves corriendo hasta detrás de […]
Before March 2020, Christine Palmer would have described herself as “one of those moms you see jogging behind a stroller.” The Oregon native was an outgoing, active 42-year-old with “boundless energy.” She used to bike to her education job. She rarely felt sick. That was before she came down with COVID-19, a completely new disease at the time, with no […]
Pláticas de Salud con OHA es un esfuerzo del estado de Oregón para brindarle información de salud relevante sobre el COVID-19. Hoy nos acompaña Denise Piza, Coordinadora de alcance regional con OHA y Paz García, periodista y locutora del Centro Familiar Mano a Mano. Hablaremos sobre cómo funcionan las pruebas caseras y qué está pasando […]
False: COVID-19 tests cannot tell the difference between COVID-19 and the flu, so if you have a positive COVID-19 test it could just be the flu. True: COVID-19 tests are designed to specifically recognize SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The do not detect influenza or other common cold viruses. There are certain tests designed […]
